RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name Jaime Young 4B Section LC#

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Part One: YOUR Epistemological World Views Summarize here your ndings (even if tentative!) about your philosophies of knowledge: Absolutist, Relativist, or Rationalist? Domains Natural Science Social Science Item #s 1, 5, 14 4, 8, 12 YOUR Philo of K Relativist Rationalist Brief Reason + Remarks Naturally bias against the natural sciences. There is never 100% certainity in historical facts, but one must be correct. It has to be discussed and debated upon People are entitled to their opinions, but there still should be a standard for beauty. Art should be discussed. Thats why we have a judicial system; to weigh societal morals and norms vis-a-vis laws. One cannot simply accept all religions or just one religion.

Art

3, 7, 10

Rationalist

Morality

6, 9, 11

Rationalist

Religion

2, 13, 15

Rationalist

Part Two: Ways of Knowing How important are the different Ways of Knowing in the different domains? Rank them from 1 to 5 according to importance, with 1 as MOST IMPORTANT. If you think there are other ways of knowing/judging, use the last column and specify.

Domains Natural Science Social Science Art Morality

Sense Perception 4 4 4 2

Reason 4 4 4 5

Language 4 4 5 3

Emotion 2 4 5 4

Others?

Part Three: AUTHORITY and/or EVIDENCE/ARGUMENT When you justify claims, how much do you actually rely on External Authority and Direct Evidence for every domain? Assign a percentage to each one per domain (Just make an estimate, so NO decimal points--e.g., 25.2321%!). Make sure both total 100%. Domains % AUTHORITY 20% % EVIDENCE /ARGUMENT 80% 100% Brief Reason + Remarks

Natural Science

Students disprove their teachers all the time. Authority is only as important as foundations to building knowledge Same reason as to natural sciences Authorities on art are less reliable because they are prone to subjectiveness. A mix between what government thinks is right and what society deems to be right. Religious gures are human as well, and cannot be followed blindly because of false divinity. One must understand their own reason for faith

Social Science Art

20% 10%

80% 90%

100% 100%

Morality

50%

50%

100%

Religion

50%

50%

100%

Why do you think there is no OPINION in Part Three? This is because opinion can be factored under the Authority and Evidence & argument as well.

Some other learnings, comments, connections... I learned that I am an inherent rationalist. This is probably because I revel in debate and discourse. I like to weigh opinions and facts to discern answers to different types of questions. I also realized that I do not believe in authorities immediately. I critically think about the theories and ideas presented to me. Overall, I am satised with my philosophies on knowledge.